The Pet Doctor - Keeping your pets healthy & pet wellness - Pet Life Radio Original
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The Pet Doctor - Keeping your pets healthy & pet wellness - Pet Life Radio Original
These pet podcasts on Pet Life Radio, are about pet health and pet care featuring preventative pet medicine, senior pet care, pet pediatrics, emergency pet first aid, pet meds, pet insurance, pet dental care, pet food and pet grooming.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podc...
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302 þættirThe Pet Doctor - Episode 317 What Are The Different Life Stages Of Cats?
We are all familiar with the life stages of cats…kittens – frenzied bundles of fur and fun and rare medical problems, adult – sometimes playful, usual...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 316 Decoding What is Going On Between a Kitten’s Ears
Were you one of those folks that resisted getting a pandemic pet? Thought there was enough craziness in this world and adding a pet to the mixture wa...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 315 Winter Health Myths
Wooohoooo…it is finally winter. Hot sticky weather is behind us. Winter sports and cozy days wrapped in layers of fuzzy warm clothing and snuggling...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 314 Is Your Cat Full of It? The Constipated Cat, Causes and Care
GI issues are one of the most common reasons why pets are presented to veterinarians. Dogs love to eat first and think later…one of the reasons why o...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 313 Music to a Dog Owner’s Ears
According the Nationwide Pet Insurance claims data for 2019, the most common reason why dogs were taken to the veterinarians was for allergic dermatit...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 312 Inside Outside, You Decide
To let your cat outside or not, that is one of those vexing questions that cat owners wrestle with… the pros and cons are almost limitless. Pros: Env...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 311 A Cry for Breath… Feline Asthma
It wakes you up in the middle of the night. That noise…where is it coming from? Did you really even hear it? You strain to listen not wanting to ge...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 310 Diversity In Veterinary Medicine
Diversity in veterinary medicine has traditionally been viewed as the inclusion of more women in the profession. The first woman, graduated from McKi...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 309 When Your Pet Really is a ‘Sweet Pee’…Diabetic Cats and Dogs…
You have likely heard of the medical condition know as diabetes. There are actually 2 forms of this condition, diabetes mellitus and insipidus. The...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 308 There’s a Hole in the Bucket
We all have a bucket list. Those things you want to own, see, do, eat, drink, experience before we kick the bucket. What’s on my bucket list? There...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 307 Itchy Scratchy and Stressy
Times of stress I vividly remember was when I was in veterinary school and it was a particularly hard time I was having with classes. I was studying...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 306 Achy, Breaky Kitty… Osteoarthritis in Cats
What does an older cat do when it feels good? Sleep. And what does an older cat do when it doesn’t feel good? Sleep. Cats are masters at hiding th...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 305 Stressing the Pee Out of Your Cat
If I could come back as a pampered feline…lazy around all day, be fed gourmet food, showered with diversions and gifts and receive only the best in he...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 304 Preparing for and Recovering from the Loss of a Pet
I have a very good friend who has been the pet parent for 7 Australian shepherds and 2 cats since I have known her. The care and love that she has bes...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 303 The Most Common Disease That Affects Dogs and Their Owners That You Have Never Heard Of
My aim as a veterinarian is to keep you, animals and the world we share healthy and thriving. The novel corona virus pandemic has brought into sharp f...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 302 Seeing the World Through Your Cat’s Eyes
Life is a matter of perspective. You thought your mom would understand when you didn’t call her when you said you would. It was no big deal. You were...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 301 No Longer Home Alone – Too Much of a Good Thing
The human/animal bond has led to tremendous advances in pet care. There are times when this bond become pathological. When a pet can’t be with their...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 300 DIY Poison Remedies
The other week I spoke to an infectious disease expert on the current novel corona virus pandemic. Today my guest and I are going to chat about issues...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 299 Clearing the Purple Haze Around Medical Marijuana, CBD and Our Pets
Marijuana and it’s non-tripy cousin, CBD are touted to treat everything from pain, stress disorders, glaucoma, cancer, eating disorders and a plethora...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 298 Going Viral-Covid-19: What a Pet Owner Needs to Know
Likely you and your mom never heard of Ignaz Semmelweis but they both subscribed to a simple act of hygiene that could save your life…washing your han...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 297 Summer Camp for Would Be Dr. Doolittles
I was a pretty sickly kid. At 3 ½ years of age my appendix ruptured and the doctors didn’t figure it out for 14 days. I spent a lot of time around p...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 296 How What and Who We Feed Our Pets Affects Them, Us and Our Planet
Daily news reports warn us of the impact that our carbon foot print is having on our planet. We are told to change how we live and what we drive. Bu...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 295 Could You Save Your Pet’s Life?
If an earthquake, fire, flood or storm were to affect your neighborhood, would you be able to save your human and animal family members? But you have...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 294 Using DNA to Keep Animals Healthy
Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur are two scientists whose names may sound vaguely familiar. These two scientists of the 1800 are responsible for saving...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 293 Seizing the Moment
It may look like your pet is just staring off into space for a few minutes or it could fall to the ground, flail with its legs, vocalize, urinate and...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 292 On-Line Mutt-Match Dating Service
If you thought finding the perfect soul mate and the requisite dating scene was tough, try finding a com-Pet-ible mutt-match. The process is nothing...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 291 The Shot Felt Round the World
Did you realize that by merely vaccinating your dog or cat you could save the lives of over 55,000 impoverished people, the majority of them being chi...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 290 Stop Eat First, Sick Later with an App
It’s a feeling…eyes boring into your very soul. You are helpless. You are compelled to follow the commands that are flooding into your consciousness...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 289 The Heartbreak of Heartworms
What do Overland Park, Kansas, the California cities of San Francisco, Thousand Oaks, Salinas and Oceanside, along with Laredo, Texas, Clarksville, Te...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 288 Love is Just the Start
If you have a pet, most likely you love it a lot. You buy the best food you can afford. You give it lots of treats….in fact if you were to admit it,...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 287 Canine Infectious Disease Complex…Not Your Grandma’s Kennel Cough
We often call our dogs our fur babies. More and more we are shuttling them from play days at doggie day camp or heading to the dog park where they ca...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 286 When Breaking with Tradition Can Break Your Heart
You saw it at the pet store and immediately fell in love with it. You really don’t know what it is but you just had to have it. The guy at the store s...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 285 New Strides in Funding Your Pet Passion
You know you should get your dog out for a walk at least once a day but sometimes your recliner is much more enticing than your dogs wagging tail. Wh...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 284 The Gentle Farewell… Hospice Care for Pets
I have said goodbye to my mother and father after they were diagnosed with cancer. My parents and family were grateful for the attempts of doctors to...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 283 I Think We’re A Clone Now
Your pet is one of a kind… the best dog, cat, bird, horse, fill-in-the-blank that you’ve ever known. Sadly, you also know that it can't live forever....
The Pet Doctor - Episode 282 The Circle of Life
The Lion King said it best...'it's the circle of life and it moves us all'. We are all interconnected. What happens to a population of bats in Asia ca...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 281 Put Some in Your ‘Cocker-nut’ and Shake It All Up
Lyme disease…most people know that it is a disease caused by ticks. You may know that people get a bull’s eyes lesion at the site of the bite. To be...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 280 Chronic Kidney Disease
It didn’t seem significant at the time. You thought it was kinda cute. Your cats would perch on the toilet to get a drink of water. You thought you...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 279 Scratching the Surface of a Cat’s Behavior
You’ve seen those homes. You know they have a cat even before you meet their feline family member. How? The telltale tattered corners of their furnitu...
The Pet Doctor - Episode 278 Are Cats Really Evil or Just Psycho?
I must admit that the YouTube videos of cats versus dogs, cats taunting other cats and even tormenting their humans can make me laugh. But it is no la...